%0 Journal Article %A Stephens, Joanna %A Turner, David %T Streptococcus thermophilus bacteraemia in a patient with transient bowel ischaemia secondary to polycythaemia %D 2015 %J JMM Case Reports, %V 2 %N 3 %@ 2053-3721 %C e000060 %R https://doi.org/10.1099/jmmcr.0.000060 %K Streptococcus thermophilus %K polycythaemia %K bacteraemia %I Microbiology Society, %X Introduction: The ability of Streptococcus thermophilus to convert lactose into lactic acid has long been utilized by the dairy industry. A seemingly low-pathogenicity organism, to the best of our knowledge there have been no previously published reports linking the consumption of foodstuffs to bacteraemia caused by this bacterium. Case presentation: Here we present a case of a regular consumer of Activia yoghurt who developed S. thermophilus bacteraemia, probably due to transient bowel ischaemia secondary to polycythaemia. Conclusion: The isolation of this bacterium from blood cultures may indicate underlying large bowel pathology and should not necessarily be dismissed as contamination. %U https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/jmmcr/10.1099/jmmcr.0.000060